Gone

.. but never forgotten. 
 
07-20-2011
 
Nothing stands. Coal silos ... gone. Lone student chair ... gone. There is just rubble, lots and lots of rubble, and lots of dust and loose earth.
 
A gentleman on the crew told me that the demolition bid was based on an estimated 2,000 truck-loads of rubble. Each truck carries about 20 tons per load.
 
Okay class, here is your word problem for today: If 2,000 truck loads of rubble will have been transported to a land-fill by the time the cleanup is completed, and each truck, which is driven by a licensed, professional truck driver, carrys a load weighing twenty tons,  how many feathers are on the tail of a Canadian Goose? Where's a math teacher when you need one?
 
The crew member told me that the WHS 1953 structure was built to not be torn down. And that the reason that is was demolished is because the State of Ohio does not pay for renovations but does pay 82% toward new construction (that figure is subject to validation). Class, here is the second question of the day: Why do so many of the new school buildings look like they are not serious edifices of learning? Anyone taking bets on how long the new "Woodward Career Technical High School" building lasts?
 
A road from Seymour to Reading Road will be constructed around the Woodward Career Technical High School building, and a new field with bleachers will be constructed on the site of the demolished building.
 
Rest-in-Piece(s), WHS.
 
One more set of pictures will be taken next Wednesday (07-27-11) barring any unforeseen obstacles (they will be taken as soon a possible after if necessary). Then, when the football field and its stands have been erected and all of the landscaping has been accomplished, perhaps a few pictures will be taken.
 
Dan Rosenfield
07-20-2011